
Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing
- 7th Edition - December 26, 2016
- Authors: Sharon Smith Murray, Emily Slone McKinney
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 7 9 7 0 - 7
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Request a sales quoteMake sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making. This edition reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare students for the NCLEX® exam!
- Safety checks integrated into the content help you develop competencies related to safe nursing practice.
- Unfolding case studies help you apply what you’ve learned to practice.
- UPDATED Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight the latest research and the most current QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) practice guidelines for quality care.
- Patient teaching boxes provide teaching guidelines, including communication guides, directed at patients and families.
- Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information.
- Critical Thinking exercises focus on clinical situations designed to test your skills in prioritizing and critical thinking.
- Nursing Care Plans help you apply the nursing process to clinical situations.
- Chapter summaries appear at the end of each chapter and help you review core content in each chapter while on the go.
- Updated Drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications.
- Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills, with rationales for each step.
- UNIQUE! Therapeutic Communications boxes present realistic nurse-patient dialogues, identifying communication techniques and showing to respond when encountering communication blocks.
- Knowledge check helps you assess your mastery of key content.
- Glossary provides definitions of all key terms.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors and Reviewers
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Foundations for Nursing Care of Childbearing Families
- 1. Maternity and Women’s Health Care Today
- Historical Perspectives on Childbearing
- Choices in Childbirth
- Current Trends in Perinatal and Women’s Health Care
- Statistics on Maternal, Infant, and Women’s Health
- Standards of Practice for Perinatal and Women’s Health Nursing
- The Nurse’s Role
- Nursing Research
- Critical Thinking
- Application of the Nursing Process
- Summary Concepts
- 2. Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues
- The Family
- Culture and Childbearing Families
- Social Issues
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Battered Woman
- Ethics and Bioethics
- Legal Issues
- Cost Containment and Downsizing
- Summary Concepts
- 3. Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
- Sexual Development
- Female Reproductive Anatomy
- Female Reproductive Cycle
- The Female Breast
- Male Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
- Summary Concepts
- 4. Hereditary and Environmental Influences on Childbearing
- Hereditary Influences
- Multifactorial Disorders
- Environmental Influences
- Genetic Counseling
- Summary Concepts
- Psart II. The Family Before Birth
- 5. Conception and Prenatal Development
- The Family Before Birth
- Gametogenesis
- Conception
- Preembryonic Period
- Embryonic Period
- Fetal Period
- Auxiliary Structures
- Fetal Circulation
- Multifetal Pregnancy
- Summary Concepts
- 6. Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy
- Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy
- Confirmation of Pregnancy
- Psychosocial Adaptations to Pregnancy
- Maternal Psychological Responses
- Maternal Role Transition
- Paternal Adaptation
- Adaptation of Grandparents
- Adaptation of Siblings
- Factors Influencing Psychosocial Adaptations
- Summary Concepts
- 7. Antepartum Assessment, Care, and Education
- Antepartum Assessment and Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Family Responses to Physical Changes of Pregnancy
- Application of the Nursing Process: Psychosocial Concerns
- Perinatal Education Classes
- Summary Concepts
- 8. Nutrition for Childbearing
- Weight Gain During Pregnancy
- Nutritional Requirements
- Factors That Influence Nutrition
- Nutritional Risk Factors
- Nutrition After Birth
- Application of the Nursing Process: Nutrition For Childbearing
- Summary Concepts
- 9. Assessing the Fetus
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
- Ultrasound
- Prenatal Screening Tests
- Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
- Who Should be Offered Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis?
- Antepartum Fetal Testing
- Summary Concepts
- 10. Complications of Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Early Pregnancy
- Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy
- Application of the Nursing Process: Hemorrhagic Conditions of Late Pregnancy
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy
- Application of the Nursing Process: Preeclampsia
- Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets Syndrome
- Chronic Hypertension
- Incompatibility Between Maternal and Fetal Blood
- Concurrent Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Diabetes Mellitus
- Cardiac Disease
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Woman With Heart Disease
- Obesity
- Anemias
- Other Medical Conditions
- Infections During Pregnancy
- Summary Concepts
- 11. The Childbearing Family with Special Needs
- Adolescent Pregnancy
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Pregnant Teenager
- Delayed Pregnancy
- Substance Abuse
- Application of the Nursing Process: Maternal Substance Abuse
- Antepartum Period
- Identification of Patient Problems
- Planning: Expected Outcomes
- Interventions
- Evaluation
- Intrapartum Period
- Postpartum Period
- Birth of an Infant with Congenital Anomalies
- Perinatal Loss
- Application of the Nursing Process: Pregnancy Loss
- Adoption
- Perinatal Psychological Complications
- Application of the Nursing Process: Perinatal Psychological Complications
- Summary Concepts
- Part III. The Family During Birth
- 12. Processes of Birth
- Physiologic Effects of the Labor Process
- Components of the Birth Process
- Normal Labor
- The Impact of Technology
- Summary Concepts
- 13. Pain Management During Childbirth
- Unique Nature of Pain During Birth
- Adverse Effects of Excessive Pain
- Variables in Childbirth Pain
- Standards for Pain Management
- Nonpharmacologic Pain Management
- Pharmacologic Pain Management
- Application of the Nursing Process: Pain Management
- Pain
- Epidural Analgesia
- Application of the Nursing Process: Respiratory Compromise
- Summary Concepts
- 14. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
- Fetal Oxygenation
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring Instrumentation
- Fetal Heart Rate Interpretation
- Standardized Intrapartum Interpretation and Management
- Assessment Frequency and Documentation
- Health Information Technology in Obstetrics
- Fetal Monitoring Education and Competency
- Role of Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
- Application of the Nursing Process: Patient Teaching with Lack of Knowledge
- Evaluation
- Application of the Nursing Process: Oxygenation
- Summary Concepts
- 15. Nursing Care During Labor and Birth
- Admission to the Birth Facility
- Application of the Nursing Process: False or Early Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: True Labor
- Fetal Oxygenation
- Discomfort
- Prevent Injury
- Alterations in Normal Labor
- Nursing Care: Preparation and Birth
- Nursing Care After Birth
- Summary Concepts
- 16. Intrapartum Complications
- Dysfunctional Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: During Dysfunctional Labor
- Possible Intrauterine Infection
- Maternal Exhaustion
- Premature Rupture of the Membranes
- Preterm Labor
- Application of the Nursing Process: Preterm Labor
- Psychosocial Concerns
- Management of Home Care
- Boredom
- Postterm Pregnancy
- Intrapartum Emergencies
- Trauma
- Application of the Nursing Process: Intrapartum Emergencies
- Summary Concepts
- Part IV. The Family Following Birth
- 17. Postpartum Adaptations and Nursing Care
- Physiologic Changes
- Nursing Care of the Postpartum Family
- Application of the Nursing Process: Knowledge Of Self-Care
- Postpartum Discharge and Community-Based Care
- Psychosocial Adaptations
- Application of the Nursing Process: Maternal Adaptation
- Application of the Nursing Process: Family Adaptation
- Summary Concepts
- 18. Postpartum Maternal Complications
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Application of the Nursing Process: the Woman with Excessive Bleeding
- Thromboembolic Disorders
- Application of the Nursing Process: The Mother With Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Puerperal Infection
- Application of the Nursing Process: Infection
- Summary Concepts
- 19. Normal Newborn: Processes of Adaptation
- Initiation of Respirations
- Cardiovascular Adaptation: Transition From Fetal to Neonatal Circulation
- Neurologic Adaptation: Thermoregulation
- Hematologic Adaptation
- Gastrointestinal System
- Hepatic System
- Urinary System
- Immune System
- Psychosocial Adaptation
- Summary Concepts
- 20. Assessment of the Normal Newborn
- Early Focused Assessments
- Assessment of Body Systems
- Assessment of Gestational Age
- Assessment of Behavior
- Summary Concepts
- 21. Care of the Normal Newborn
- Inpatient Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Cardiorespiratory Status
- Application of the Nursing Process: Thermoregulation
- Application of the Nursing Process: Hepatic Function
- Blood Glucose
- Bilirubin
- Ongoing Assessments and Care
- Application of the Nursing Process: Parents’ Knowledge of Newborn Care
- Discharge and Newborn Follow-Up Care
- Home Care of the Infant
- Care After Discharge
- Infant Equipment
- Early Problems
- Common Questions and Concerns
- Summary Concepts
- 22. Infant Feeding
- Nutritional Needs of the Newborn
- Breast Milk and Formula Composition
- Considerations in Choosing a Feeding Method
- Normal Breastfeeding
- Application of the Nursing Process: Breastfeeding
- Common Breastfeeding Concerns
- Formula Feeding
- Application of the Nursing Process: Formula Feeding
- Summary Concepts
- 23. High-Risk Newborn: Complications Associated with Gestational Age and Development
- Care of High-Risk Newborns
- Late Preterm Infants
- Preterm Infants
- Application of the Nursing Process: Environmentally Caused Stress
- Application of the Nursing Process: Nutrition
- Application of the Nursing Process: Parenting
- Common Complications of Preterm Infants
- Postterm Infants
- Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants
- Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants
- Summary Concepts
- 24. High-Risk Newborn: Acquired and Congenital Conditions
- Respiratory Complications
- Application of the Nursing Process: Hyperbilirubinemia
- Infection
- Infant of a Diabetic Mother
- Polycythemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Prenatal Drug Exposure
- Phenylketonuria
- Congenital Anomalies
- Congenital Cardiac Defects
- Summary Concepts
- Part V. Women’s Health Care
- 25. Family Planning
- Information About Contraception
- Considerations when Choosing a Contraceptive Method
- Adolescents and Contraception
- Contraception Use in Perimenopausal Women
- Methods of Contraception
- Application of the Nursing Process: Choosing a Contraceptive Method
- Summary Concepts
- 26. Infertility
- Extent of Infertility
- Factors Contributing to Infertility
- Evaluation of Infertility
- Therapies to Facilitate Pregnancy
- Emotional Responses to Infertility
- Outcomes after Infertility Therapy
- Application of the Nursing Process: Care of the Infertile Couple
- Summary Concepts
- 27. Women’s Health
- Preventive Health Care
- National Emphasis on Women’s Health
- Health Maintenance
- Screening and Self-Examinations
- Women’s Health Problems
- Disorders of the Breast
- Menstrual Cycle Disorders
- Elective Termination of Pregnancy
- Menopause
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Disorders of the Reproductive Tract
- Infectious Disorders of the Reproductive Tract
- Application of the Nursing Process: Promoting Women’s Health
- Summary Concepts
- Appendix A. Answers to Knowledge Check
- Appendix B. Answers to Critical Thinking Exercises
- Index
- Specialty Maternal-Newborn Abbreviations
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: December 26, 2016
- Imprint: Saunders
- eBook ISBN: 9780323479707
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